Remembering Tom Anderson, Who Tolled UT’s Bells for Six Decades
By Rose Cahalan
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 12:50 p.m., the dulcet tones of the Tower bells ring out across the campus. As students and professors walk to class or lunch,...
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Celebrating 100 Years of Bevo—And Getting to Know the Newest Steer to Hold the Title
By Rose Cahalan
The biggest and most beloved mascot in college sports is, at present, napping under a grove of shady oak trees. An 18-month-old longhorn steer with a tawny orange...
Book From the Sky
By Alex Vickery
A new exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art helps correct the paucity of contemporary Chinese art in Texas. More than 25 years ago in Beijing, a group of people...
Texas Secretary of State Kicks Off Voter Education Campaign at UT
By Rose Cahalan
Students in H.W. Brands’ American history class got a visit this morning from Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos, BA ’74, who kicked off the state’s...
The Way Back: Texas Campeón
By Ben Wright
Unlocking the vault of UT history. Texas football lost the 1972 Cotton Bowl to Penn State in Dallas. But within two days, the Longhorn Band was on to its next...
September|October 2016 Alumni Authors
By Alcalde Staff
Into Africa: A Transnational History of Catholic Medical Missions and Social Change by Barbra Mann Wall, BSN ’71, Life Member Wall combines her background in nursing...
Code with Courage
By Danielle Lopez
An alum is working to bring sexual-assault reporting into the 21st century. “Just to be blunt, it didn’t happen to me,” Kelsey Gilmore-Innis, BA ’10,...
From Mexico to the West Bank
By Alex Samuels
Ale Flores had never been overseas, so naturally, she chose to study abroad in the West Bank. When authorities know you’re not just sightseeing in the West Bank,...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor